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Actual Rating: 3.5
A coming of age story following Kathy from her childhood at Halisham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school, to adulthood. Along the way Kathy and her friends, Ruth and Tommy, unravel the mystery of who they are and what the future holds for them.
I was underwhelmed by this one. I did read through it in three days, reading the last 150 pages all in one go, but I was waiting for a twist that never came. The premise and plot were thought provoking, and the characters were in ...more
A coming of age story following Kathy from her childhood at Halisham, a seemingly idyllic English boarding school, to adulthood. Along the way Kathy and her friends, Ruth and Tommy, unravel the mystery of who they are and what the future holds for them.
I was underwhelmed by this one. I did read through it in three days, reading the last 150 pages all in one go, but I was waiting for a twist that never came. The premise and plot were thought provoking, and the characters were in ...more
So, I am a bit torn about this book. The premise is really great, about a mysterious school where a bunch of kids (aka clones) are studying and preparing themselves for the inevitable fate in their future: becoming donors for "real people". But the narration is soooo slow, the same problem I always faced when reading British books. It's dark and gloomy, sadly it lacks of that longing feeling I hoped to find when reading it.
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This book checks a lot of boxes for me: lots of serious themes to think about, a great discussion book, a story that raises moral questions that I don't have clear answers to, the knowledge that this book will stay with me, because I know I will think about this book for a long time to come.
And yet.
It's deeply weird. And kind of creepy. I can't say I enjoyed reading it, exactly. The removed yet quietly tragic tone that works so beautifully in The Remains of the Day just doesn't work here. Despi ...more
And yet.
It's deeply weird. And kind of creepy. I can't say I enjoyed reading it, exactly. The removed yet quietly tragic tone that works so beautifully in The Remains of the Day just doesn't work here. Despi ...more
Ow. Ow. This book is so specific and controlled and careful, like it’s narrator. It makes one think about the specific moral issue of dehumanizing someone for a specific difference in order to profit from their existence and yet not consider oneself a monster. And what it means, fundamentally, to be human.
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